Fire: Bow Drill

[munch2006uk]

my spindle bit has a shinny coat on the end does this mean its resinous wood and no good ?

[putkonen]

Can someone tell me which Finnish wood would be best for this?

[SuperStraightShot]

Well done. Great video. Man make fire! You hadthe coal going in like 60 seconds. Two thumbs up.

[chrissygillo]

wat kind of string did u use ?

[huntingbob05]

@chrissygillo I used a boot lace.

[poopmcscoopface]

how come the wood piece that spins wont spin when i do it

[huntingbob05]

@poopmcscoopface It probably wont spin because your string in not tight enough around the spindle. Tighten it up and try it.

[Vurtsk8er2297]

i cant even get mine to start smoking there is dust in the bottom but no coal. i have actually burnt myself on the spindle but i cant seem to lite the dust please help

[huntingbob05]

@Vurtsk8er2297 Try slightly less pressure and more speed.

[moreexpert]

everyone must know!... start of slow then after 15 sec put some pressure and go faster!!!

[MilesOhToole]

"Pretty easy".  Ha! Maybe for you. Great video, man.

[mmiller6465]

i try this all the time but cant get a coal, im using cedar board and spindle, i can get it smoking like crazy but all i get is brown dust not a coal, any suggestions?

[GhillieNova]

@mmiller6465 im no expert but a little bit more downward pressure should do the trick.

[mmiller6465]

@GhillieNova hey thanks for the advice! i actually figured it out, basically what has worked for me was alot of downward pressure and slower spinning at first to build up a pile of "dust" then let up the pressure so that you dont create more dust and then had alot of speed, which will turn the dust to a coal! i dont know about you but it works for me every time!

[101TiYH101]

can you please tell me what to use for he spindal..

[huntingbob05]

What are you using now? It may not be the spindle thats causing you problems.  Maybe its your fire board.

[daredevilzd]

really?  wow... A "coal" is charred wood...wow...

[kraziebones2007]

oo my my bad man, the coal is formed by the wood, ha nice job

[KmKGreyhat]

Chee-rist. This is much, much harder than it looks. Assembling the bowdrill is easy. What's harder is getting it to smoulder like that. If you plan on relying on this method in an emergency future situation, you best get some practice first.

[housemandoc23]

I've been practicing this for 2 days now, got smoke finally yesterday but my spindle fell out haha. They make it look so damn easy.

[huntingbob05]

you may be making your notch and fire hole to close to the edge of the fire board.

[cordonsport5m]

where did u get the coal or how was it created? is it just piece of the wood on the floor?

[purplejugnut]

now he just needs to make a shirt.

[TheRandomOne777]

i made one of those today. i got to the coal but didnt have any tinder to make a fire but it was still cool

[kurod]

you cant use ice. There wont be friction.

[woodsmansoldier]

Great vid ! Grimbos a fool!

[sealofwisdom]

I just made a set and im so happy that i just got it to spin it took me ages, im going to try and make an actual coal tommorow

[AidanBray]

looks like you were using bark for the tinder that you put the ember,in I use shredded natural fiber rope and it works better

[FootToTheThroat]

amazing! I really wish I knew how to make a bow drill it just seems so difficult too the point where I don't know if I could.

[kissmyarz]

Man you did that pretty fast. You must have done this afew times. It took me awhile to get mine going when I was in the service. Great job man!

[azarazar007]

Very sweet! Very informative. On a side note, is it possible to make fire from ice? ("The Edge" reference).

[huntingbob05]

I really don't know if fire can be made from ice. I have never attempted it. If you find out let me know.

[azarazar007]

Not exactly ice but once I used a magnifying glass to set newspapers on fire using sunlight, the same concept may also be applicable to ice but I doubt we can ever find such a fine natural lens made of ice.

[Marcusthegladiator]

They made frie from ice lenses on mythbusters. But they confirmed that making such an ice lens out in the wild wasnt probably.

[N5LHD]

1. I see 7 notches in your Fire Board, is there a limit how many times you can use the same notch and same drill tip.

2. What are the best wood combinations to use? Hardwood for the drill, softer for the fireboard?

3. Are you using green wood for the drill and dried wood for the Fire Board.

4. Where does the actual ember come from: The Drill tip or the Fire Board?

5. How much pressure are pushing against your bearing on the top of the drill?

[huntingbob05]

Yes there is a limit 2 the amount of times you can use the same notch and drill tip. The best wood 2 use is dry and medium density. The ember should come from both the base board and the drill. The pressure varies. First you need the dust 2 form in the notch. This requires more pressure. Second you need heat so the ember forms. This requires faster drilling and slightly less pressure. I hope this helps.

[loman1720]

awesome im a boy scout and i did not know how to make 1 because im going on a campout soon and we can not use maches or lighters

[huntingbob05]

I am going to be making another video addressing the problems that many people have when they are learning to make fire with a bow drill. I hope to have the video posted within 2 weeks.

[wolfGrrl42]

wow--amazing! you're FAST!!! what combo of woods are you using here?

[huntingbob05]

I was using extremely dry pine needles and thin shavings of various pine woods.  It also depends on what's available it the time. Birch bark is great once you have flame. It goes up just like its soaked in gas.

[robslann]

only took him 57 secs damn

[jmr1068204]

Seriously, will y'all freaking cool it with the 'big watch' comments? lol That's not that big of a watch.

[crackmunkee6]

lol...that is a pretty big watch.

[shiningmidnight17]

i guess its a suunto core :)

[spetsnaz5]

You make it look easy.

[lildomenic2]

lol i gotta do this in school

[SeveNnTyFour]

How nice :)

[stevevox1]

unusual leg position, so you can kneel on a piece of wood to hold the board in place !!!, is there an advantage?

[kitnewfield]

That is one skinny guy with a huge watch!!!

[smobag]

hag! awesome!